Google’s self-driving car prototype would, in finished form, have neither a steering wheel or pedals.(Photo: Tony Avelar, AP) SAN FRANCISCO – Google’s self-driving car chief is adamant that the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ draft proposal on autonomous vehicle rules is misguided and threatens to rob key constituents of the benefits of driverless vehicles, including...Read More
WP Engine, the WordPress managed hosting solution setup by WordPress itself to help WordPress users, has had its security breached in a cyber-attack that has exposed customer credentials. WP Engine became aware of the breach on the 9th December, and quickly moved to contact all of its customers directly, and also released a statement on...Read More
If you’re in any kind of business, you’ve no doubt received plenty of unsolicited emails from companies trying to sell you search engine optimization (SEO) services or get you more customers by ranking your website higher. Unfortunately, this industry is bombarded with cowboys and churn-and-burn models, with 80 percent of SEO firms performing scam tactics of some kind....Read More
As the world’s largest search engine in terms of market share, Google’s “Year In Search†list is a pretty good gauge of the zeitgeist. In 2015, basketball player Lamar Odom, the terrorist attacks in Paris, and action game Agar.io made the list of the most popular queries. (It’s important to note that since Google only...Read More
Automattic, the company behind the open source WordPress CMS/blogging platform has announced the release of WordPress 4.4, codenamed Clifford, to honor the Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. With this release the self hosted WordPress software has started to take advantage of the new codebase, which was recently rebuilt. Responsive images A notable enhancement for users is...Read More
You don’t get a second chance at a first impression, and for congregations that impression is increasingly being formed before a visitor even walks through the door. “Every visitor to a church today checks out a congregation’s website before ever showing up on Sunday,†said Unitarian Universalist Association Outreach Director Carey McDonald. “Having a good...Read More
With hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and even millions of pages, sites and keywords to manage and optimize, enterprise SEO has become increasingly complicated and time-consuming. Using an enterprise SEO software platform can increase efficiency and productivity while reducing the time and errors involved in managing organic search campaigns. If you are considering licensing an...Read More
Who says you need to be a Verizon customer to pick up a limited edition Star Wars: The Force Awakens Google Cardboard headset? Certainly not Google. If you’re in the United States and act fast — right now — you can pick any of the four versions and get it shipped to you directly from the...Read More
Automattic wasted little time following up its Mac desktop app with a version for Windows. It all might sound good, but there’s a catch.(Photo : Automattic) With a pat on its own back, Automattic announced that it has built a desktop app for managing its WordPress platform. But there’s a catch. The new app follows...Read More
It’s going to be 2016 soon, and if you still don’t have synergy between SEO and your other marketing channels, you are most likely not going to see solid organic traffic growth. SEO in this day and age cannot live in its own silo anymore because we now know how much it is impacted, both...Read More
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